Folding chair



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E. L. GAYLORD.

FOLDING CHAIR.

Patented. Nov'. 1o, 1885.

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FOLDING CHAIR. No. 330,224. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

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FULDING CHAIR.

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EDW'ARD L. GAYLORD, OF BRIDGEPCRT, CONNECTICUT.

FOLDING CHAIR.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,224, dated November 10, 1885.

Application filed February 7, 1885. Serial No. 155,178. (No model.)

To afZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. GAYLonD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in folding chairs, and has for its object to provide a chair or a pair of chairs which may be readily folded. and thereby leave a free passageway around the same; and with these ends in View my invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter fully and in detail explained, and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which myfinvention appertains may more fully understand its construction, I will pro-4 ceed to describe the same in detail, referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whicl1- Figure l is a plan View showing a pair of my improved chairs mounted on a single standard, the seats being removed and one of the chairs being in a folded position; Fig. 2, a detail section taken at the line x x of Fig. 1, the latch and spindle being shown integral and the back and seat broken away, and Fig. 3 a detail cross-section taken at the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the standard and one of the chairs, the latter being shown as partially separated from the former, the chairseat being shown in dotted lines and the latch in its disengaged position. Fig. 5 is a front view showing two chairs on a single base or standard.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

A is a standard, and B the back frame, having adownwardly-projecting spindle, C, which is swiveled to said standard. Within this frame is pivoted the seat D, as seen at a, so that it rests, when in a horizontal position, on the standard.

E is a platform extending from the rear inner corner of the back frame. This platform is dovetailed to accommodate a latch, F, as seen at Figs. 2, 3, and 4.

G is a flat spring which engages said latch at its rear end and retains it in its normal position.

H is an extension of the standard immediately underneath the platform, and the latch at its forward end projects downwardly, and in its retained position enters a recess, I, in said extension, and thereby locks the back frame to the standard, as will be understood Vby reference to Figs. 2 and 4.

J is a shoulder formed on said latch by cuti ting away the upper surface of the rear end of the latch. As before stated, the seat-frame is pivoted within the back frame at a. The distance from this pivotal point to the lower edge of the rear of the seat-frame is greater than the distance from the said point to the shoulder J, so that when the seat-frame is thrown upward the said edge will strike against said shoulder, and thereby force the latch forward out of the recess I, and keep it in this position as long as the seat-frame remains elevated; so that it will be readily understood that the back and seat frame may be swung around to the folded position shown at Fig. l. Vhen the back frame is returned to its open or normal position and the seat-frame thrown down, the spring will return the latch to its retained position in engagement with the extension, and both frames will be locked as against any rotary movement.

K is a coil-spring arranged around the spindle, and with its extremities secured to the spindle and standard,respectively, so that the said spring will exert its force to throw the back frame inward to a folded position; and it will be readily understood, therefore, that the inward movement of said frame is perfectly automatic.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a pair of folding chairs mounted on a single standard, the back frame having a downwardly extending spindle swiveled to the standard, and provided with a spring-latch adapted to interlock with the standard, and

the seat-frame pivoted between the ends ofthe IOO back frame and adapted when thrown upward H of the standard, having recess I, and the 1o to withdraw the latch, whereby the back sent-frame D, pivoted within the hack frame, frame maybe swung forward in its folded posubstantially as specified.

sition, substantially as set forth. n In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 2. 'The combination ofthe frame B, having presence 0f two Witnesses.

spindle C swivelcd to the standard, latch F, EDWARD L. GAYLORD.

adapted to slidev in dovetailed bearings within Witnesses:

the platform E, extending from the said frame, S. S. VILLIAMSON, l

spring G, engaging with said latch, extension W. T. HAVILAND. 

